30 Low-Carb Dinner Recipes You Can Make in an Hour (or Less!)

If your typical weekday includes work, exercise, socializing, and a little bit of leisure, there’s not much time leftover to cook a healthy dinner. But if you can set aside an hour maximum, you can have a balanced meal on the table for you and a friend or for leftover lunches all week. Here are low-carb dinners so good, you just might toss those delivery menus for good.

1. Whole30 In-N-Out Burger: You can indeed transform an In-N-Out Animal-Style burger into a Whole30 masterpiece, down to the low-sugar special sauce and crunchy lettuce wrap. Make the caramelized onions ahead of time to cut down on the total cook time. (via Brit + Co)

4. Keto Steak Cheese-Shell Tacos: The best part of this recipe (second to the crispy cheddar taco shells, of course) is the leftover taco-seasoned steak, which you can use for salads, wraps, and other lunches. (via Brit + Co)

5. Sheet-Pan Shrimp Fajitas: Garlicky marinated shrimp need just 8 minutes in the oven to form a hearty accompaniment to roasted peppers and onions, riced cauliflower, and any low-carb ingredient under the sun. (via Brit + Co)

9. Paleo Instant-Pot Orange Chicken: You can make this healthy orange chicken faster than you could grab it from Panda Express. The diet-friendly version employs coconut sugar and orange zest to replicate the classic’s citrusy sweetness, while arrowroot powder maintains the signature crispy crust. (via Brit + Co)

10. Cheesy Garlic Roasted Asparagus: When you’re craving garlic bread, whip up this insanely cheesy side instead. It gives you both a dose of greens and a ton of garlicky flavor. (via Cafe Delites; photo via Brit + Co)

23. Keto Cheese-Stuffed Meatballs: It’s amazing how far a little almond meal and zucchini can go in place of bread and… well, more bread. This recipe is quick, low-carb, and oh-so-filling for the weeknight dinner win.

Sara is a food and lifestyle freelance writer in Los Angeles. She writes a weekly events column for the Los Angeles Times and loves writing food content for Brit + Co. After all, the English language's most fun adjectives are best applied to delicious foods. In her free time, she's a hip hop dancer, avid moviegoer, and thorough face-mask user.